About the project:

This is a statewide project aimed at getting all the past obituaries from Kentucky newspapers online for the benefit of genealogical research. .

How you can help:

Go through old newspapers (published prior to 1923) and copy the obituaries found. We will also accept single obituaries that you have in your files. You can submit either complete obituaries or abstracts (just the facts) of the obituaries. Check with your local library to see what old newspapers they have on microfilm.

The Kentucky Obituary Project will abide by today's copyright laws. We will no longer put online obituaries published after December 31, 1922, unless:

you were the original author of the obituary, or

the newspaper in question grants permission to reprint the obituary, or

the obituary is that of a family member (you must give the relation), or

you submit an abstract of your obituaries. A good abstract might give the paper's name, name of deceased, age, date of death, and date that the obituary appears in the paper (in parenthesis).

How to submit an obituary:

To submit obituaries to this site, click here! Please include your name, the name and date of the newspaper, and the home county of the newspaper.

Below is a Kentucky County selection list of FTP directory of the USGenWeb

Archives Project. After selecting a county, you will then be taken to the FTP
directory